- Toshiba Group employees encouraged to participate in CSR activities in December
- Activities held all over the world
- Contributing to the achievement of a sustainable society guided by Toshiba’s corporate motto – Committed to People, Committed to the Future –

Toshiba and Jinya Connect have started Proof of Concept (PoC) tests of their new cloud-based communication and operation support system which combines original management system “Jinya Connect” with the voice recognition technology of Toshiba’s cloud AI service RECAIUS™ platform.

Toshiba reinforced its Meister series of next-generation manufacturing solutions with the launch of Meister Visualizer Suite for O&M (Operation and Maintenance), a cloud-based solution for manufacturing machines surveillance and monitoring.

Toshiba and Jinya Connect, a leading provider of the hotel management applications, have started Proof of Concept (PoC) tests of their new cloud-based communication and operation support system which combines original management system “Jinya Connect” with the voice recognition technology of Toshiba’s cloud AI service RECAIUS platform.

Kobe Steel Ltd. has selected Toshiba's IoT service platform for the standard compressor ‘Emeraud ALE’ that it has released today in the global market. Toshiba will create a compressor M2M cloud service that enables visualization of global remote communication by collecting and storing data from compressors around the world.

Toshiba and Toshiba Tec carried out a field test of a tourist information service built on their ground-breaking ICT technologies at Karuizawa Prince Shopping Plaza, a shopping mall operated by Seibu Properties Inc. in Karuizawa, the popular tourist destination in the hills of Japan’s Nagano prefecture.

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Toshiba announced the launch of its customer loyalty and reward management system in all 330 FPT shops operated by FPT group, Vietnam’s leading ICT company. This is the first time that Toshiba’s point system, known in Japan as PointArtist, has been deployed overseas, and will support Toshiba in developing its ICT business, including retail solutions, in the ASEAN market.

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Toshiba Corporation has become the first Japanese company to join the OpenFog Consortium (OpenFog), which brings together key players in the Internet of Things to drive forward the deployment of fog computing. In working with other OpenFog members, Toshiba will contribute its extensive expertise in providing edge computing technology to help propel the development of fog computing.

Toshiba Corporation today announced that a battery energy storage system the company has supplied to Tohoku Electric Power Company today started operation as scheduled. The40MW-40MWh lithium-ion BESS is one of the largest BESS in the world.

TOKYO-Toshiba Corporation today announced that Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, a Toshiba Group company, has signed an agreement with CB&I for the acquisition of CB&I Stone & Webster Inc. , CB&I’s nuclear construction and integrated services businesses. The CB&I Stone & Webster business will become a single, wholly owned Westinghouse subsidiary, with a target date of the end of 2015.

Toshiba has developed a prototype of a highly efficient molecular catalyst that converts carbon dioxide into ethylene glycol, a useful industrial raw material, without producing other and unwanted by-products.

Toshiba Corporation has received an order to supply Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors to Railise Pte. Ltd. Toshiba’s PMSM based system will be used to upgrade the drive systems of Singapore rail operator SMRT’s 19 C651 series trains.

Toshiba Corporation and United Technologies Corporation plan to establish engineering centers in India, North America and Europe to support global innovation for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning products. This cooperation is the first to result from the companies’ recent agreement to further strengthen their strategic collaboration through their joint venture, Toshiba Carrier Corporation.